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<b>Monday April 27:</b> Hillsborough PC's 'confession', and other city news in so many words

Published on April 27th 2009.

Police “confession”A HILLSBOROUGH policewoman has become the first officer to claim she was bullied into changing her statement in the aftermath of the disaster.

Special Constable Debra Martin says she made a statement telling how a Kevin Williams, a Liverpool fan of 15, died in her arms at 3.55pm on the day of the tragedy.

But , according to a report in yesterday's Sunday Mirror, officers branded her a “liar” and forced her to change the time to 3.15pm – to hide the fact he could have been saved.

Terror watchLIVERPOOL FC and Man UTD are monitoring the security situations in Indonesia and Thailand after the Foreign Office warned of a "high threat from terrorism" in both countries.

European champions United are due to play fixtures in China, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia in July while Liverpool's first-team squad will face Thailand in Bangkok on July 22.

Profit and lossThe RMT union says it is poised for action after news that Merseyrail made record pre-tax profits of £9m last year – while warning that it may still axe jobs and make cutbacks if it can’t raise ticket prices next year.

Crash probePOLICE are still investigating an accident in which a lorry smashed into four houses, ripping the front off one of them, in Queens Drive, Walton, early on Saturday.

The lorry struck homes when it collided with a Renault Scenic on Saturday morning. The car's male driver, 27, remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Structural engineers from Liverpool City Council are still checking the damage to one of the houses.

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